Fri, Jun 5th, 2009

Select South Florida Sprint customers get to be among the first to get their hands on the new Palm Pre smartphone -- a phone that has garnered high praise by critics and has a lot riding on its success.
Sprint sent invitations to ''premier customers'' within a 50-mile radius of its Pembroke Pines store for a launch party Friday night. They'll be able to enjoy wine, hors d'oeuvres and mingle with former University of Miami quarterback Vinny Testaverde and former Miami Dolphins offensive lineman Dwight Stephenson -- and purchase the phone. The launch party begins at 6 p.m. at 12206 Pines Blvd.,
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A closer look at iPhone 3G S Cortex-A8 ARM and PowerVR chips
May 28th, 2009 - AppleInsider
The iPhone 3G S uses a Samsung processor incorporating an ARM Cortex-A8 processor core and Imagination's PowerVR SGX graphics core to achieve a significant new class of speed while remaining backwardly compatible with existing iPhone apps.
Palm stock surges on rumors of Pre heading to Verizon in 2010
May 28th, 2009 - AppleInsider
Shares of Palm, Inc spiked upward roughly ten percent on rumors that the new Palm Pre phone might only remain exclusively tied to Sprint for six months, suggesting availability through Verizon Wireless and AT&T as early as January 2010.




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